John Tortorella

John Tortorella, 50-year-old Boston native, replaces fired New York Ranger coach, Tom Renney. Tortorella is know as "The Torch" who guided the Tampa Bay Lightning to the 2004 Stanley Cup championship and left some scorched earth along the way.

John Tortorella, 50-year-old Boston native, replaces fired New York Ranger coach, Tom Renney. Tortorella is know as "The Torch" who guided the Tampa Bay Lightning to the 2004 Stanley Cup championship and left some scorched earth along the way.« Show less

Speaking of weekend sports (see post below), NBC was nice enough to allow me to hang out with analyst Pierre McGuire during Sunday's Bruins-Rangers game, both between the team benches during the action and between periods during his sessions with...

The Rangers and Capitals will play Game 2 of their first-round series at 1 p.m. Saturday on NBC, whose analyst Mike Milbury had this to say about the Caps' Alexander Ovechkin: "As electrifying a player as I've seen." What about...

NBC will show Game 6 of the Rangers-Caps series Sunday, if necessary. Analyst Pierre McGuire on the Blueshirts: "It doesn't take a genius to say that Henrik Lundqvist has been the difference-maker but I also give a lot of credit...

It's the equivalent of putting a stop sign at a busy intersection after an accident, but the NHL will consider modifying its rules after it found no specific rule to support further punishing Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Ray Emery for his rink-length...

VANCOUVER, Canada — Anyone who saw John Tortorella's testy, 20-second news conferences when he coached the New York Rangers might have been shocked Monday when he conducted a cordial 20-minute session before the Canucks' morning skate at Rogers...

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Saturday won’t be remembered as the NHL’s finest hour.
The league absorbed a one-two punch of ridicule for the line brawl that erupted two seconds into the Vancouver-Calgary game, Canucks Coach John Tortorella’s attempt to invade the Flames’ locker room between periods and the failure of four on-ice officials in Detroit to see a shot by Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall hit the netting before it caromed off Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick and into the net for a tying goal....

The regular season will end Sunday, and so will the voting period for the NHL's individual trophies.
Colorado Coach Patrick Roy is too brash to win any popularity contests but he deserves to win the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year, an honor voted by NHL broadcasters. And although Sidney Crosby still has detractors, the Pittsburgh Penguins' center is the front-runner for the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player, as chosen by members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Assn.
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Free agent Brad Richards agreed to a contract with the New York Rangers on Saturday, turning down an offer the Kings had made during an elaborate presentation Friday at the office of his agent, Pat Morris. A Kings spokesman confirmed...

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Sean Avery apparently confirmed to reporters what everyone thought they saw on TV during the a preseason NHL game -- that Philadelphia Flyers' Wayne Simmonds called the New York Rangers winger a homophobic slur.

The disparity in parity between the Eastern and Western conferences was on full display in Round 2 of the NHL playoffs. The Western Conference gave us two great series while the Eastern Conference matchups were like watching a baby seal...

Despite a drawn-out breakup that took nearly two years before it ended in a messy divorce, when Roberto Luongo steps on the ice Thursday night in Vancouver's Rogers Arena for the first time since being traded to the Panthers last March, he will most likely hear chants of, "Lou, Lou, Lou'' and not a cacophony of "Boo, boo, boo,'' from grateful Canucks fans.
After all, with Luongo guarding their cage from 2006-14, the Canucks enjoyed the most successful seven-year run in franchise history, which included...